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Without a silver-bullet solution, coordination of technology, regulation and innovation is necessary.

Here's what officials aim to do, so far.

As the threat of climate change driven by carbon pollution becomes more dire and as technological advances make wind, solar and battery storage ever cheaper options, the push to aggressively decarbonize the electric grid is growing.

For the better part of the past century, the American electric power system evolved around large, mostly fossil fuel power plants delivering electricity to residences, businesses and industry through a network of transmission and distribution wires that collectively came to be called the electric grid.

States, corporations and voters are pushing to reduce carbon emissions. That prompts investments in renewable energy, but getting that electricity to customers is complicated.